World’s first reference design for high-density (up to 1 Terabit per
second or 1T) coherent optical line cards using compact CFP2-ACO
pluggable transceivers

Based on ClariPhy’s world’s first 28nm 100/200G coherent DSP, only
product shipping in production

Plug and play support for new high density, low power CFP2-ACO modules
from industry leading suppliers Finisar and Oclaro

Superior performance for line card designs for long haul, metro, cloud
and datacenter interconnects; fast time-to-market, reducing cost of
development and design complexity

IRVINE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 24, 2015 —
OFC
2015 –ClariPhy
Communications, a leading developer of ultra-high-speed
systems-on-chip (SoCs) for data networking, today announced it will
demonstrate at this week’s Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) the world’s
first integrated CFP2-ACO coherent single-board reference design,
containing its
CL20010
200 gigabit per second (200G) SoC and a CFP2-ACO slot supporting
pluggable transceivers from leading ecosystem partners. Supporting both
100G and 200G line rates, the CL20010 enables high density (up to 1T)
optical transport infrastructure line cards that can be used to
accelerate Internet bandwidth for data centers, transport infrastructure
and cloud-based networks.

The arrival of solutions supporting the small CFP2-ACO form factor is
expected to greatly increase density and performance for applications
such as data center interconnects and metro/regional packet optical
transport networks, while delivering the proven advantages of pluggable
transceivers such as cost, scalability and interchangeability. The
complexities of the linear interface between the coherent DSPs and
pluggable optical modules have presented a challenge to the industry,
requiring considerable attention to design limits and performance.
ClariPhy’s integrated 100G/200G CFP2-ACO reference platform solves that
challenge and will stimulate next generation designs with proven
schematics and layout files allowing faster time-to-market and lower
risk for its customers.

ClariPhy has worked closely with the industry’s top module suppliers on
reference design development to ensure compatibility while optimizing
performance in full support of the Optical Internetworking Forum’s
(OIF’s) CFP2-ACO Implementation Agreement. The design migrates two
boards into a single PCB reference platform for companies to easily
design their own line cards while enabling CFP2-ACO skew control,
preemphasis and calibration to streamline the manufacturing of optical
line cards.

ClariPhy is delivering to customers a proven design integrating the
CL20010 and CFP2-ACO module. By providing the reference design
schematic, Gerber layout files and other pertinent line card development
documentation, it significantly reduces time to market, development cost
and engineering guess work.

Product Details

ClariPhy’s
LightSpeed-II
CL20010 28nm multimode SoC offers unprecedented levels of
integration, performance and software defined networking (SDN)
capabilities that allow the network to adapt in changes in traffic
growth and reach automatically. Its innovative design includes support
for 100G/200G 16QAM modulation on a single wavelength, which enables
400G dual-carrier super channels in 75GHz of DWDM spectrum, increasing
fiber capacity by 170% and reducing cost per bit by 50% versus today’s
100G coherent systems. The advanced equalization algorithms enable both
devices to overcome the impairments of the channel, including chromatic
dispersion, polarization mode dispersion and non-linearities. Support
for standard 100G QPSK modulation with the industry’s best OSNR
performance provides carriers the flexibility of using a single,
software programmable line card for 100G, 200G and 400G transmission at
distances exceeding 3500 kilometers.

Availability

ClariPhy will demonstrate and will make available its CFP2-ACO coherent
reference platform at
OFC
in Los Angeles, March 24-26, 2015. The 28nm
CL20010
is shipping in production to multiple OEM customers, and has undergone
successful trials at several Tier-1 carriers.

“Cyan is actively targeting line side interface solutions using CFP2-ACO
to support cloud and content providers who are stuck today with closed,
proprietary solutions that limit scale,” said Scott Pradels, vice
president of product development at Cyan. “Our combined solution of a
CFP2 offering with the ClariPhy 200G SoC provides a key step in
unlocking cloud and data center interconnect networks to reduce costs
and enable the programmability being demanded by our customers.”

“Finisar is very excited about the performance of our CFP2-ACO module.
Using their reference design with our CFP2-ACO module, we’ve achieved
performance comparable to mature discrete optical components,” said Tom
Williams, Marketing Director, High-Speed DWDM, Finisar. “In addition,
this OFC demonstration shows customers that we are able to offer a
proven and quick design solution that meets the rigorous requirements
for performance, bandwidth, speed, reach, and interoperability.”

“We are pleased that the close collaboration between ClariPhy and Oclaro
has resulted in this reference design which our customers are now
adopting for their line cards,” said Adam Carter, Chief Commercial
Officer at Oclaro. “As the leader in high density coherent pluggable
optics, we welcome the availability of merchant silicon as it helps to
further drive the adoption of analog coherent CFP2 modules for metro and
high-density data center interconnect applications.”

“ClariPhy’s 100/200G coherent CFP2 platform is a pluggable small form
factor with lower power dissipation and the higher density that
customers need to achieve 400G line card densities,” said Andrew
Schmitt, Principal Analyst at Infonetics Research. “The coherent DSP can
be deployed with a range of CFP2 modules, allowing customers to select
the best combination of optical and electronic solutions to suit their
specific application.”

About ClariPhy

ClariPhy
is a leading provider of 100G to 400G and beyond semiconductor solutions
that establish benchmarks for performance, bandwidth, power and reach
while slashing deployment costs. ClariPhy provides the world’s fastest
off the shelf, Coherent and Ethernet solutions for scaling Internet
bandwidth for data centers, transport infrastructure and cloud-based
networks. ClariPhy is headquartered in Irvine, California, with offices
in Los Altos, California, and Cordoba, Argentina. For more information,
visit
www.clariphy.com